Household income by county
Children under 18 living below the poverty line. 2025 compared with 2024. Good ●●●
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County figures describe where students live. To find a school district's county, use the district-to-county table; a city district is matched to the county where its office is.
| County | 2025 | 2024 | Change | Years with data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | 33.5% | 29.0% | +4.5% | 8 |
| Atkinson County | 34.3% | 30.2% | +4.1% | 8 |
| Bacon County | 31.1% | 31.6% | -0.5% | 8 |
| Baker County | 39.1% | 39.0% | +0.1% | 8 |
| Baldwin County | 29.2% | 29.3% | -0.1% | 8 |
| Banks County | 16.6% | 16.3% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Barrow County | 15.5% | 11.8% | +3.7% | 8 |
| Bartow County | 13.4% | 13.4% | 0.0% | 8 |
| Ben Hill County | 35.2% | 36.4% | -1.2% | 8 |
| Berrien County | 27.9% | 31.7% | -3.8% | 8 |
| Bibb County | 32.0% | 31.2% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Bleckley County | 26.8% | 25.9% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Brantley County | 25.8% | 24.0% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Brooks County | 35.5% | 35.4% | +0.1% | 8 |
| Bryan County | 9.4% | 9.6% | -0.2% | 8 |
| Bulloch County | 22.7% | 22.9% | -0.2% | 8 |
| Burke County | 31.0% | 29.5% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Butts County | 20.4% | 19.1% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Calhoun County | 40.3% | 38.3% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Camden County | 14.3% | 16.7% | -2.4% | 8 |
| Candler County | 31.4% | 30.9% | +0.5% | 8 |
| Carroll County | 18.0% | 17.2% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Catoosa County | 14.8% | 14.0% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Charlton County | 29.4% | 28.2% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Chatham County | 21.8% | 20.9% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Chattahoochee County | 16.7% | 15.9% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Chattooga County | 29.3% | 24.3% | +5.0% | 8 |
| Cherokee County | 7.4% | 6.6% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Clarke County | 24.8% | 24.9% | -0.1% | 8 |
| Clay County | 39.0% | 38.6% | +0.4% | 8 |
| Clayton County | 26.6% | 19.7% | +6.9% | 8 |
| Clinch County | 28.4% | 27.3% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Cobb County | 12.1% | 9.7% | +2.4% | 8 |
| Coffee County | 30.3% | 25.9% | +4.4% | 8 |
| Colquitt County | 35.4% | 31.4% | +4.0% | 8 |
| Columbia County | 8.1% | 8.4% | -0.3% | 8 |
| Cook County | 29.0% | 28.8% | +0.2% | 8 |
| Coweta County | 12.3% | 10.1% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Crawford County | 24.7% | 23.3% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Crisp County | 39.7% | 37.5% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Dade County | 16.4% | 14.2% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Dawson County | 11.6% | 11.1% | +0.5% | 8 |
| DeKalb County | 18.2% | 19.2% | -1.0% | 8 |
| Decatur County | 30.5% | 32.4% | -1.9% | 8 |
| Dodge County | 29.8% | 33.3% | -3.5% | 8 |
| Dooly County | 31.6% | 32.3% | -0.7% | 8 |
| Dougherty County | 36.9% | 41.3% | -4.4% | 8 |
| Douglas County | 17.9% | 14.4% | +3.5% | 8 |
| Early County | 38.3% | 35.8% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Echols County | 31.6% | 30.2% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Effingham County | 10.4% | 10.1% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Elbert County | 26.5% | 26.3% | +0.2% | 8 |
| Emanuel County | 34.3% | 28.0% | +6.3% | 8 |
| Evans County | 34.6% | 30.7% | +3.9% | 8 |
| Fannin County | 23.2% | 18.1% | +5.1% | 8 |
| Fayette County | 8.1% | 7.8% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Floyd County | 26.4% | 17.8% | +8.6% | 8 |
| Forsyth County | 5.3% | 4.0% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Franklin County | 23.8% | 20.2% | +3.6% | 8 |
| Fulton County | 17.0% | 17.4% | -0.4% | 8 |
| Gilmer County | 21.3% | 20.7% | +0.6% | 8 |
| Glascock County | 20.3% | 18.6% | +1.7% | 8 |
| Glynn County | 22.0% | 20.9% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Gordon County | 16.5% | 15.1% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Grady County | 28.2% | 32.6% | -4.4% | 8 |
| Greene County | 26.0% | 23.9% | +2.1% | 8 |
| Gwinnett County | 15.3% | 10.9% | +4.4% | 8 |
| Habersham County | 16.9% | 15.8% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Hall County | 14.2% | 17.3% | -3.1% | 8 |
| Hancock County | 44.1% | 37.9% | +6.2% | 8 |
| Haralson County | 23.2% | 19.3% | +3.9% | 8 |
| Harris County | 10.7% | 10.4% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Hart County | 21.1% | 20.4% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Heard County | 24.1% | 21.2% | +2.9% | 8 |
| Henry County | 16.0% | 11.7% | +4.3% | 8 |
| Houston County | 17.8% | 15.6% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Irwin County | 29.9% | 27.9% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Jackson County | 9.6% | 9.9% | -0.3% | 8 |
| Jasper County | 21.2% | 18.7% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Jeff Davis County | 27.6% | 28.6% | -1.0% | 8 |
| Jefferson County | 32.7% | 33.8% | -1.1% | 8 |
| Jenkins County | 36.2% | 34.8% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Johnson County | 31.5% | 32.7% | -1.2% | 8 |
| Jones County | 17.8% | 16.0% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Lamar County | 19.9% | 19.2% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Lanier County | 26.9% | 27.0% | -0.1% | 8 |
| Laurens County | 29.3% | 30.7% | -1.4% | 8 |
| Lee County | 13.8% | 13.1% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Liberty County | 21.7% | 19.4% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Lincoln County | 23.2% | 24.7% | -1.5% | 8 |
| Long County | 20.9% | 20.3% | +0.6% | 8 |
| Lowndes County | 23.1% | 19.3% | +3.8% | 8 |
| Lumpkin County | 18.0% | 13.9% | +4.1% | 8 |
| Macon County | 41.9% | 32.8% | +9.1% | 8 |
| Madison County | 17.0% | 14.7% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Marion County | 40.1% | 30.0% | +10.1% | 8 |
| McDuffie County | 29.9% | 26.2% | +3.7% | 8 |
| McIntosh County | 31.9% | 30.8% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Meriwether County | 27.9% | 26.8% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Miller County | 30.9% | 28.4% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Mitchell County | 33.5% | 32.8% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Monroe County | 15.6% | 14.8% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Montgomery County | 28.7% | 28.9% | -0.2% | 8 |
| Morgan County | 16.3% | 15.6% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Murray County | 19.8% | 19.1% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Muscogee County | 25.7% | 25.6% | +0.1% | 8 |
| Newton County | 18.3% | 18.5% | -0.2% | 8 |
| Oconee County | 6.5% | 6.2% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Oglethorpe County | 19.7% | 18.3% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Paulding County | 10.7% | 9.4% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Peach County | 25.3% | 25.9% | -0.6% | 8 |
| Pickens County | 16.3% | 14.9% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Pierce County | 21.6% | 22.0% | -0.4% | 8 |
| Pike County | 12.4% | 10.9% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Polk County | 23.1% | 19.8% | +3.3% | 8 |
| Pulaski County | 31.9% | 25.5% | +6.4% | 8 |
| Putnam County | 25.4% | 21.9% | +3.5% | 8 |
| Quitman County | 40.6% | 34.5% | +6.1% | 8 |
| Rabun County | 22.3% | 19.4% | +2.9% | 8 |
| Randolph County | 40.8% | 39.8% | +1.0% | 8 |
| Richmond County | 32.0% | 26.4% | +5.6% | 8 |
| Rockdale County | 18.8% | 18.0% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Schley County | 21.7% | 22.3% | -0.6% | 8 |
| Screven County | 32.3% | 29.8% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Seminole County | 34.1% | 35.3% | -1.2% | 8 |
| Spalding County | 27.8% | 31.3% | -3.5% | 8 |
| Stephens County | 22.1% | 20.5% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Stewart County | 37.2% | 37.8% | -0.6% | 8 |
| Sumter County | 44.7% | 33.5% | +11.2% | 8 |
| Talbot County | 45.1% | 35.5% | +9.6% | 8 |
| Taliaferro County | 39.7% | 30.7% | +9.0% | 8 |
| Tattnall County | 31.2% | 28.6% | +2.6% | 8 |
| Taylor County | 39.2% | 33.5% | +5.7% | 8 |
| Telfair County | 42.2% | 35.0% | +7.2% | 8 |
| Terrell County | 40.9% | 47.7% | -6.8% | 8 |
| Thomas County | 24.9% | 26.8% | -1.9% | 8 |
| Tift County | 27.3% | 23.5% | +3.8% | 8 |
| Toombs County | 33.3% | 28.0% | +5.3% | 8 |
| Towns County | 18.5% | 19.9% | -1.4% | 8 |
| Treutlen County | 33.3% | 30.8% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Troup County | 27.9% | 26.5% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Turner County | 37.1% | 35.6% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Twiggs County | 30.9% | 32.8% | -1.9% | 8 |
| Union County | 18.7% | 16.5% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Upson County | 26.4% | 28.6% | -2.2% | 8 |
| Walker County | 20.1% | 19.9% | +0.2% | 8 |
| Walton County | 13.9% | 14.7% | -0.8% | 8 |
| Ware County | 29.5% | 27.6% | +1.9% | 8 |
| Warren County | 39.4% | 37.5% | +1.9% | 8 |
| Washington County | 29.5% | 30.1% | -0.6% | 8 |
| Wayne County | 27.1% | 25.0% | +2.1% | 8 |
| Webster County | 35.0% | 29.3% | +5.7% | 8 |
| Wheeler County | 36.6% | 31.4% | +5.2% | 8 |
| White County | 15.4% | 17.1% | -1.7% | 8 |
| Whitfield County | 22.2% | 17.1% | +5.1% | 8 |
| Wilcox County | 34.0% | 30.9% | +3.1% | 8 |
| Wilkes County | 32.3% | 28.2% | +4.1% | 8 |
| Wilkinson County | 33.0% | 26.3% | +6.7% | 8 |
| Worth County | 31.3% | 32.4% | -1.1% | 8 |
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps analytic data (American Community Survey estimate), by county and state. Year shown is the County Health Rankings release year; the estimate comes from the five-year American Community Survey ending about two years earlier. Census-tract detail (the scoping report's preferred level) needs a Census API key and is planned.